YondumPopular Culture Yondu is one of the original Guardians of the Galaxy in the comics, and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he is the blue skinned guys with the arrow that kills people when he whistles. he also raised the movie's main character Peter Quill.
YonomJavanese From Javanese yana meaning "vehicle, carriage, cart", ultimately from Sanskrit यान (yāna).
ZaddockmEnglish (Rare) (Anglicized) variant of Zadok. A bearer of the variant Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
ZadenimGeorgian Mythology Most likely derived from Persian یزدان (yazdân) meaning "god, divinity, angel". Zadeni (also transcribed as Zaden) was a pagan god of fruitfulness and the harvest in pre-Christian Georgian mythology.
ZadiefEnglish Variant of Sadie. A known bearer of this name is British author Zadie Smith (1975-), who was born Sadie Smith.
ZafeirismGreek From Greek ζαφείρι (zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) (see Sapphire) through Latin (compare Zafeiro).
ZafeirofGreek From Greek ζαφείρι (zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) (see Sapphire) through Latin (compare Zafeiris).
ZaghloulmArabic (Egyptian) From Arabic زُغْلُول (zuḡlūl) which is both a noun meaning "a young infant, boy" and an adjective meaning "young and active, quick". In Egyptian Arabic it also means "squab, young dove"... [more]
Zakurof & mJapanese From Japanese 石榴 (zakuro) meaning "pomegranate". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well. A fictional bearer of this name is Zakuro Fujiwara (藤原 ざくろ) from Tokyo Mew Mew.
ZakymArabic, Indonesian Alternate transcription of Arabic زكي (see Zaki), as well as an Indonesian variant.
ZaldastanmGeorgian (Rare) Means "hand of the albino, hand of strength" from Persian Zal meaning "albino" or Georgian zal meaning "force, strength" combined with Persian دست (dast) meaning "hand, arm"
ZaldymFilipino Short form of Rizaldy, as borne and popularised by actor Zaldy Zshornack, born José Rizaldy Taduran Zshornack (1937-2002).
ZalemEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Zale. In recent years it has seen a slight boost in popularity, possibly influenced by the phonetic element zay.
ZamudinmCircassian Means "strong faith", derived from Arabic صَمَد (ṣamad) meaning "eternal, everlasting" or "strong" combined with دِين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".... [more]
Zamzamf & mArabic, Somali, Indonesian From the name of a holy well in Mecca that, according to Islamic tradition, was miraculously created by Allah for Hajar and and her son Isma'il while the two were left in the desert without water... [more]
ZangiefmPopular Culture, Russian (Anglicized) Anglicized spelling of the Russified form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты (Zændžiaty). It is derived from the Persian word zangi meaning "dark-skinned" or a "Negro"... [more]
ZangmofTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan བཟང་མོ (bzang-mo) meaning "kind, noble, good", used as the Tibetan form of Bhadra.
ZangpomTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan བཟང་པོ (bzang-po) meaning "good, noble, excellent".
Zapopanf & mSpanish (Mexican) From place name Zapopan, taken from the Mexican title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Expectación de Zapopan, meaning "Our Lady of the Expectation of Zapopan."... [more]
ZarahemlafMormon According to The Book of Mormon, Zarahemla was a city in ancient America, named after a man who was an ancestor of the prophet Ammon and a descendant of Mulek... [more]
ZaribzyanmTatar Probably a distorted form of Iranian-Arabic zarifan, ultimately derived from the Arabic ظريف (zarif) meaning "nice, companionable, amicable" and the Persian جان (jan) meaning "life, spirit, soul".
ZasufObscure Combination of the last syllable of the name Eliza and the first syllable of the name Susan. Notable bearer of the name is an American actress ZaSu Pitts (1894-1963).
ZatannafPopular Culture A notable character is Zatanna Zatara (commonly known as Zatanna), a magician superhero from the DC comics.
ZawmBurmese Means "preeminent, supreme" in Burmese.
ZawawimMalay, Indonesian From the name of 12th-century Islamic jurist and grammarian Ibn Muti al-Zawawi, whose name was derived from the Berber tribe of Zawawa.
ZayonmAmerican Zayon was originally coined in 1999 by a Mr.Bailey. Zayon is commonly used to name children with a higher failure rate in simple tasks like reading, reasoning, problem solving, leadership and many more... [more]
ZaziefFrench French diminutive of Isabelle. The French author Raymond Queneau used this for the title character of his novel 'Zazie dans le métro' (1959; English: 'Zazie in the Metro'), which was adapted by Louis Malle into a film (1960).
Zeinf & mArabic (Feminine) variant transcription of Zayn. A known bearer is Princess Zein of Jordan (1968-), a daughter of the late King Hussein who was named for his mother, Zein al-Sharaf Talal (1916-1994).
Zetianf & mChinese, History Means "to the day" in Mandarin Chinese. This is the posthumous name of Wu Zhao, the sole female ruler of the Chinese Empire.
ZidarthamHinduism (Americanized, Rare) The name Zidartha derives from the name Siddhartha better known as The Buddha, l. c. 563 - c. 483 BCE. He was, according to legend, a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal and, in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE... [more]
Zoarm & fVarious (Modern, Rare) Variant of Zohar, means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew. In the Bible, it is the name of the city that Lot fled to (Genesis 19:22).... [more]
ZofkafPolish, Slovene, Kashubian Polish and Slovene diminutive of Zofia and Kashubian diminutive of Zofiô. Zofka Kveder (1878 – 1926) is considered one of the first Slovene women writers and feminists.
ZogmAlbanian Derived from Albanian zog "bird; chick, nestling; dialectal) animal young; (dialectal) son". This name was borne by Zog I (1895 – 1961). He first served as Albania's youngest ever prime minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939).
ZosmafAstronomy The alternate name of Delta Leonis, one of the stars in the constellation Leo. Zosma means "girdle" in Ancient Greek, referring to the star's location in its constellation, on the hip of the lion.